Wimbledon 25.07: Novak Djokovic and Jannik Sinner both reach the quarterfinals

The 38-year-old Serbian tennis player had a very bad start when he lost the opening set in just 31 minutes. He only won 1 game in the first set, attracting a lot of attention from tennis fans around the world .

However, in all three remaining matches, Djokovic went straight to the track, winning with a score of 6-4 and coming from behind to beat an opponent 5 places below him on the ATP Rankings with a clear score difference of 3-1.

With Roger Federer watching from the Royal Box, Djokovic (who is keen to win another Wimbledon title to equal the former Swiss's record of eight Wimbledon titles) displayed an ineffective surgical style of play.

The hustle and bustle of De Minaur continued to give Djokovic headaches after that, but the tournament No. 6 seed found the range he needed to win the next sets, which was what mattered.

“To be honest, I don’t know how I feel. I’m still trying to process the whole game and what happened on the pitch. It wasn’t a great start for me, but it was a great start for Alex.”

“He just controlled the game better from the back and I didn’t have much to say about it. But in the end, I’m happy to be in the right place at the right time and get this win,” Djokovic said.

Djokovic has now won 43 of his last 45 matches at the All England Club and since 2018, every time he has appeared at Wimbledon, he has made it to the final... at least.

Continuously from 2018 - 2022, he defeated any opponent in the final match and deservedly won the championship. In the last 2 years, he only lost to his junior Carlos Alcaraz (2 rare losses).

In the quarterfinals, Djokovic will face Flavio Cobolli (Italy, ATP 23rd, 24 years old). In the past, the world's GOAT of tennis played Cobolli exactly once and won with a score of 6-1, 6-2 in the round of 32 of the Shanghai Masters 24.

In another notable result in the men's singles, Sinner (Italy, ATP No. 1) comfortably entered the quarterfinals when his opponent - Grigor Dmitrov (Bulgaria, ATP No. 21) was forced to retire in the third set due to a chest muscle injury.

Sinner won the opening two sets 6-3, 7-5 respectively. In the third set, with the score tied at 2-2, Dimitrov served out an ace - before falling to the floor and exclaiming: “My pecs, my pecs.”

Sinner anxiously circled the net to ask what had happened. He also stayed by Dimitrov's side, who broke down in tears while receiving treatment, before the Bulgarian eventually threw in his towel and left the court to cheers from the Centre Court crowd.

In the quarterfinals, Sinner will play Ben Shelton (USA, ATP rank 10), who eliminated another Italian opponent, Lorenzo Sonego (ATP rank 47), after 4 sets in round 4. Sinner defeated Shelton in 5/6 past encounters, with 5 consecutive matches since the end of 2023.

According to D.HG./Sai Gon Giai Phong Newspaper

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